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Five-letter words matching S_R_Y

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SORRY SPRAY STRAY SURLY

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This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: SORRY (March 29, 2025); SPRAY (October 1, 2021); STRAY (December 19, 2024); SURLY (March 14, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ABBOT
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.0 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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ABBOT does not fit this page's clues. SPRAY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits S_R_Y?

All 10 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter A, C, E, O, P, T, U
  • 4th letter A, F, G, K, L, O, R
Meanings and answer history

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SORRY

Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

“I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: March 29, 2025.

SPRAY

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

“The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: October 1, 2021.

STRAY

Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: December 19, 2024.

SURLY

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: March 14, 2023.

SARKY

Synonym of sarcastic.

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

SCRAY

A tern; the sea swallow.

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SERRY

To crowd, press together, or close (rank)

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STROY

To destroy.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

SURFY

of a shore, having lots of breaking waves

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

SURGY

Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match S_R_Y?
10 five-letter words match S_R_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, STRAY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.16 bits against the possible answers.
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